Mahathir Mohamad’s ambition of building a Malaysian car brand may be complicated by US-China trade war

SCMP

As a trade war between the US and China deepens, the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, has benefited from its fallout as companies shift orders and move production bases to the region. It was the top destination among the one-third of more than 430 American companies in China that considered moving operations elsewhere, according to a survey by AmCham China and AmCham Shanghai.